[Bug 879662] Re: installer crashed with IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/target/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d' during system installation

[Brian Murray]

I'm not positive if this would negatively affect the install process
but:

Oct 21 19:48:33 ubuntu ntfsresize: ERROR: This software has detected that the disk has at least 2 bad sectors.
Oct 21 19:48:33 ubuntu ntfsresize: ****************************************************************************
Oct 21 19:48:33 ubuntu ntfsresize: * WARNING: The disk has bad sector. This means physical damage on the disk *
Oct 21 19:48:33 ubuntu ntfsresize: * surface caused by deterioration, manufacturing faults or other reason.   *
Oct 21 19:48:33 ubuntu ntfsresize: * The reliability of the disk may stay stable or degrade fast. We suggest  *
Oct 21 19:48:33 ubuntu ntfsresize: * making a full backup urgently by running 'ntfsclone --rescue ...' then   *
Oct 21 19:48:33 ubuntu ntfsresize: * run 'chkdsk /f /r' on Windows and rebooot it TWICE! Then you can resize  *
Oct 21 19:48:33 ubuntu ntfsresize: * NTFS safely by additionally using the --bad-sectors option of ntfsresize.*
Oct 21 19:48:33 ubuntu ntfsresize: ****************************************************************************

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Title:
  installer crashed with IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
  '/target/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d' during system installation

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The crash occurred after all of the files were copied. I elected to
  not include the "update during installation" selection when answering
  installation questions.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.8.7 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.287
  Date: Fri Oct 21 16:34:32 2011
  LiveMediaBuild: Mythbuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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